Partner content Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Dish have all been targets of hacks this year 12th March 2023 2023 is shaping up to be the year of telecom hacks. All of the big 5G operators in the US – Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Dish Network – have been involved in some kind of security incident already this year. Broadly, the situation doesn’t come as a surprise. Hacks and other cybersecurity troubles have become de […]
Partner content Unpatched zero-day bugs in smart intercom allow remote eavesdropping 11th March 2023 A popular smart intercom and videophone from Chinese company Akuvox, the E11, is riddled with more than a dozen vulnerabilities, including a critical bug that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). These could allow malicious actors to access an organization’s network, steal photos or video captured by the device, control the camera and microphone, or […]
News Joe Wassel named as new FirstNet Authority CEO 10th March 2023 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) technology veteran Joe Wassel today was named the new executive director (CEO) of the FirstNet Authority, giving the organization charged with overseeing the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) a permanent CEO for the first time in almost 10 months. “After conducting a thorough search, the FirstNet Authority Board is pleased […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s Ray updates his 5G ‘layer cake’ analogy one last time 10th March 2023 Roughly five years after first debuting the concept of a “layer cake” (depicted in the above graphic) to explain T-Mobile’s 5G strategy, the operator’s top networking executive added one last tweak to the concept this week. And, not surprisingly, he did so to highlight his company’s 5G progress against its competitors AT&T and Verizon. “What you […]
Partner content Most satellite D2D services will fail, predicts Iridium CTO 9th March 2023 Most direct-to-device (D2D) satellite companies now hitting the market are likely to fail, Iridium CTO Greg Felton has warned. Speaking in an online forum Tuesday, he said the new players are yet to test out their business models. “Right now there’s a lot of investment and a lot of different ideas being tried out and most […]
Partner content Report: Technology can aid wildfire response that’s ‘stuck in the last century’ 9th March 2023 With each passing season, the growing threat of wildfire and its impact on life safety, property, and the economy is underscored by dramatic fire events that ecologically alter entire regions, uproot communities and cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Last year, 68,988 wildfires burned 7.6 million acres of American land. And as of the end of […]
News Newscan: Biden FCC nominee Gigi Sohn withdraws from consideration 8th March 2023 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Biden FCC nominee Gigi Sohn withdraws from consideration Ransomware payments decreased in 2022 as criminals used other extortion tactics Officials unsure how to fix Oakland’s cyber crisis GSA officials misled agencies about Login.gov National cyber strategy likely to face implementation obstacles Four found dead after child’s FaceTime call […]
News UK Home Office targets ESN rollout by 2029, CMA document says 7th March 2023 UK Home Office officials told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it hopes to replace Motorola Solution as a vendor for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) in about a year and intends to complete the LTE-based public-safety network by 2029, according to a CMA document released last week. Home Office officials provided the informal […]
Partner content Biden’s cybersecurity strategy calls for software liability, tighter critical-infrastructure security 6th March 2023 The Biden-Harris administration on March 2 announced a sweeping new National Cybersecurity Strategy that, among other things, seeks to establish meaningful liability for software products and services and sets mandatory minimum cybersecurity requirements in the critical infrastructure sector. When fully implemented, the strategy will also strengthen the ability of both federal and private sector entities […]
Partner content Ford patents self-driving car that can repo itself 6th March 2023 The sinister potential of a connected car tech has been highlighted by a new patent granted to automaker Ford by the United States Patents Office. The patent refers to rather innocuous sounding “systems and methods to repossess a vehicle.” But delve into the details and it spells out vividly how an autonomous, connected car could […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024
